>Why do you need to use the aperture ring with an FA lens mounted on a Z1p? >Set the lens to "A" and use the aperture dial on the body.
There are 3 reasons that I do that: 1) I use DOF preview frequently and the mechanical DOF preview of Z-1p doesn't work when the lens is set to 'A'. 2) Some lenses on Z-1p do not have precise aperture when the lenses are set to 'A'. And this is one of them. And this can lead to exposure problem with slides (though I haven't shot slides for quite some time). To the worst case, when I needed it wide open to produce perfectly round out-of-focus highlight (not just this lens), any slight stop down caused by the 'A' setting could mean different bokeh (and this happens to my 77). 3) I have done photography for about 10 years and I am so used to the good old aperture rings. I have found myself using the aperture ring a lot faster and more natural. I have tried the hyper modes from time to time, but more than often I have found myself spending too much time to alter the setting when I needed it fast. But that's just me of course. regards, Alan Chan _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
